– CBS World News Roundup – April 10, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another interesting news day, this April 10th in 1979. Starting with an investigation of Nuclear Power Plants, based on the recent disaster at Three Mile Island nuclear facility. Seems the potential for problems was a
March 15, 1953 – Drew Pearson News – ABC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 15, 1953 – While the world was processing the death of Soviet Premier Stalin, his replacement, Gyorgy Malenkov was quickly and quietly taking the reigns, and not-so-quietly instigating purges within the Party. Rumors
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– CBS Radio News + Bulletin – November 21, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the hostage drama at the American Embassy in Tehran continued, flare ups were being reported in other places. A bulletin on this November 21st in 1979 reported Iranian students had stormed the U.S.
Become a Patron! For all intents and purposes, it was a risky attempt from the get-go. On this April 25th, 1980 an attempt to rescue the 53 American hostages, held at the American Embassy in Tehran took place. Admittedly, it was a gamble – 8 helicopters, flying undercover through Iranian
February 25, 1979 – CBS Radio – The World This Week – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With grossly inflated casualty and capture claims coming from both sides, the war between China and Vietnam was heating up, this week in February, 1979. And with clucks of “this could be the
– February 1, 1979 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 1, 1979 – significant news, this first day of a new month in 1979. The streets of Tehran were awash with crowds, cheering the arrival of the exiled Ayatollah Khomeini back home after almost
A busy day, this January 20th. While pre-Inaugural balls were going on in one part of Washington for the upcoming swearing-in of Ronald Reagan, negotiations were reaching a fevered pitch in the final hours of the Carter White House. And while the Inauguration was getting ready to take place, it
– CBS World News Roundup – December 30, 1986 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Only a year earlier, on December 30, 1985, President Reagan and Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev exchanged warm New Years greetings and hopes for continued progress for both countries. December 30, 1986 it was a different
